# Longitude Prize 2014 goes to antibiotics research - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/07/06/longitude-prize-2014-goes-antibiotics-research/ - Published: 2014-07-06T08:22:08+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake **The Longitude Prize 2014 has been awarded to projects that prevent the rise of resistance to antibiotics.** The £10 million Prize marks the 300th anniversary year of the Longitude Act, when the British government offered a cash prize to whoever could solve one of the most important challenges of the time – how to pinpoint a ship’s location at sea by knowing its longitude. For the 2014 Longitude Prize, the public were invited to vote for the most pressing problem from six issues: ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) * Flight – How can we fly without damaging the environment? * Food – How can we ensure everyone has nutritious, sustainable food? * Antibiotics – How can we prevent the rise of resistance to antibiotics? * Paralysis – How can we restore movement to those with paralysis? * Water – How can we ensure everyone can have access to safe and clean water? * Dementia – How can we help people with dementia to live independently for longer? ## ⏎ The winner: antibiotics resistance > The votes have been counted and the results are in – the challenge of Longitude > Prize 2014 will be…antibiotics! [#longitudeprize](https://twitter.com/hashtag/longitudeprize?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > — Longitude Prize on AMR (@longitude_prize) [June 25, 2014](https://twitter.com/longitude_prize/status/481866079472332800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) At the end of last month the public voted for research into preventing the rise of resistance to antibiotics. The Longitude Committee will now develop criteria and a specific goal that will set out what people and organisations will need to do to win the prize. You can [register your idea and project](http://www.longitudeprize.org/got-idea) now though. The Committee is setting a five year deadline in which to reach the goal. The Longitude Prize 2014 is being run by Nesta, with the Technology Strategy Board as launch funding partner. * **[Is it time for an X-Prize for fundraising?](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/02/16/time-for-an-x-prize-for-fundraising/)( 16 February 2017) * **[Who is thinking about the future of fundraising?](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/12/02/who-is-thinking-about-the-future-of-fundraising/)( 2 December 2019)** ## Comments ### By: HowardLake - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/07/06/longitude-prize-2014-goes-antibiotics-research/#comment-4327 - Published: 2022-09-28T12:22:16+01:00 Nine years on and applications for the Longitude Prize for AMR close tomorrow night, 29 September. [https://twitter.com/longitude\_prize/status/1575155706713772034](https://twitter.com/longitude_prize/status/1575155706713772034)